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ththe obama campaign knows the big impact that clinton could have. >> bill clinton loves to be needed as much as he needs to be loved and he is really needed by barack obama right now. >> reporter: tomorrow night the president will make his pitch to voter in the arena. the speech moved inside because of weather concerns but democrats say they won't let that rain on their parade. >>> travelers experienced scary moments at san jose international airport this evening. authorities evacuated terminal b after smoke in an elevator shaft triggered alarms. some passengers left terminal b and others stayed aboard their arriving flights until firefighters determined there was no hazard. some equipment failed and caused hydraulic fluid to overheat in the basement. the airport resumed normal operations at 7:15. some passengers had to be rescreened as a result. >>> family and friends searched for a young man from lafayette who vanished during a weekend trip along the sacramento river. bret olson disappeared after taking part in the annual chico float on sunday. thousands float on innertubes. his fr
ththe obama campaign knows the big impact that clinton could have. >> bill clinton loves to be needed as much as he needs to be loved and he is really needed by barack obama right now. >> reporter: tomorrow night the president will make his pitch to voter in the arena. the speech moved inside because of weather concerns but democrats say they won't let that rain on their parade. >>> travelers experienced scary moments at san jose international airport this evening....
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. >> there is just one bill clinton. the old saying he walks on water and he almost does. >> tomorrow night the president accepts the nomination in a speech he hopes will propel him in a second term. mark matthews, abc7 news. >> and he will be there tomorrow when president obama addresses the delegates. you can follow mark on our facebook page or at matthews at abc7 on twitter to get his updates from charlotte. >> and abc news will have coverage of the final night of the convention tomorrow at 7:00 here on abc7. >> but now let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. >> a lot is going on. sandhya patel is here now. >> i want to show you live doppler 7hd, and it has been an active day. we had thunderstorms roll through the bay area. more than 700 lightning strikes to the sierra nevada in the last 12 hours. as you look right now, i want to show you where we are still seeing showers at this hour around antioch and lone tree way as we take you down to street level. we are still seeing light returns right now heading to
. >> there is just one bill clinton. the old saying he walks on water and he almost does. >> tomorrow night the president accepts the nomination in a speech he hopes will propel him in a second term. mark matthews, abc7 news. >> and he will be there tomorrow when president obama addresses the delegates. you can follow mark on our facebook page or at matthews at abc7 on twitter to get his updates from charlotte. >> and abc news will have coverage of the final night of the...
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even president obama and bill clinton weighed in on this botched call from last night where seattle was awarded a td on the final play after the replacement zebras said he had possession of the ball and it was clearly intercepted. the fallout continues today. >> i received more text messages and e-mails than i did after the super bowl. i can tell the impact it has made. >> in this case it came down to what i understood from the officials there was a simultaneous catch. that's how they called it. and the tie goes to the runner. >> pete carol says excellent call. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. he had no problem with it. >> looked good to him. >> of course. thanks, larry. >>> "nightline" is up next. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time, as always. the morning news begins tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. >> you can always find us at abc7news.com and on facebook and twitter. >> check us out there. see you tomorrow.
even president obama and bill clinton weighed in on this botched call from last night where seattle was awarded a td on the final play after the replacement zebras said he had possession of the ball and it was clearly intercepted. the fallout continues today. >> i received more text messages and e-mails than i did after the super bowl. i can tell the impact it has made. >> in this case it came down to what i understood from the officials there was a simultaneous catch. that's how...
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. >> tomorrow night it is former president bill clinton's turn. he will place barack obama's name in nomination in one of the most anticipated speeches in the convention. mark matthews, abc muse. >> abc's live coverage from charlotte continues at 7:00 p.m. and a reminder that you can get instant updates from abc7 news political reporter mark matthews, obviously in charlotte by following him on our facebook page. mark is tweeting at matthews at abc7. >>> president obama watched the speech at the white house. he tweeted a picture of himself and his daughters, malia on the left and sasha on the right there in the treaty room. michelle's biggest fans were watching from home. meantime, the republican national candidate mitt romney arrived in vermont. his motorcade ran into rush hour traffic. he is in vermont to prep for the first presidential debate scheduled for october 3rd in denver. >>> tonight a settlement from a federal lawsuit was announced by those pepper sprayed by the campus police and uc davis. there were rising tuition costs and you remember
. >> tomorrow night it is former president bill clinton's turn. he will place barack obama's name in nomination in one of the most anticipated speeches in the convention. mark matthews, abc muse. >> abc's live coverage from charlotte continues at 7:00 p.m. and a reminder that you can get instant updates from abc7 news political reporter mark matthews, obviously in charlotte by following him on our facebook page. mark is tweeting at matthews at abc7. >>> president obama...
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>>reporter: somebody give president clinton a whistle. the ryder cup begins mopped outside chicago. the squad within 4 of the last 5 times. bill murray take matter in his own hands for own sweater vest make sure the cup returns to american soil. he has it hidden in the bag. cinderella story. >> ryder cup is exciting. >> thanks very much. that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00. for all of us here, i'm dan ashley. thanks for watching. ashley. thanks for watching. appreciate you oh, my god, dude! there is definitely a helicopter pad on the roof of this building! - no, there isn't, charlie. - yes, there is! every single one of these corporate buildings has a helipad on the roof. - why? - charlie is right. there's always some big boss man fat cat that needs to be able to escape by helicopter. what is he escaping from? you know what? secret tunnels, then. - secret tunnels, bro? - secret tunnels. it's a monorail system and the helipad... guys, guys, guys. can we stop arguing please? i don't want to talk to this corporate joe any longer than we have to, okay? - fine. - we're split on the hel
>>reporter: somebody give president clinton a whistle. the ryder cup begins mopped outside chicago. the squad within 4 of the last 5 times. bill murray take matter in his own hands for own sweater vest make sure the cup returns to american soil. he has it hidden in the bag. cinderella story. >> ryder cup is exciting. >> thanks very much. that's this edition of 7 news at 9:00. for all of us here, i'm dan ashley. thanks for watching. ashley. thanks for watching. appreciate you...
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we need bill clinton to come out and do only what bill clinton can do. he can make the most complicated economic argument seem as simple and as easy as pie. and we need that because reality is we are in a complex economic situation. normal democrats who are not super powered people like bill clinton stumble over very simple stuff even asking are your better off, worse off? bill clinton will knock it out of the park tonight. i got my popcorn. >> i think that's right. i think we all do. levity aside for just a second, i think bill clinton actually has quite a difficult and quite an important role. it's not just to say, yes, i'm in obama's camp now. last night we got wonderful speeches. julian castro was fantastic. his daughter was even just so adorable. michelle proved once again that she is an exceptionally brilliant and beautiful woman. however, both of those speeches were purely emotional in their appeal. i love this man. you can trust this man. the american dream. what bill clinton now has to do is actually make a policy argument. why is it that barack
we need bill clinton to come out and do only what bill clinton can do. he can make the most complicated economic argument seem as simple and as easy as pie. and we need that because reality is we are in a complex economic situation. normal democrats who are not super powered people like bill clinton stumble over very simple stuff even asking are your better off, worse off? bill clinton will knock it out of the park tonight. i got my popcorn. >> i think that's right. i think we all do....
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bill clinton needs to be loved but also to be needed. boy, does president obama need bill clinton to make a very strong case. >> jake, i want to point out the fund-raising, the first line, don't take anything for granted. don't think you can wait until the debate. we have to point out to everybody, october 3rd. again, we are so close to these debates. >> the fund-raiser is so important, it is a divisive advantage over the campaign. now, we're seeing the video introducing president bill clinton. >> from cokie, another thing that the president has to do, it seems to me, kennedy voters now in they're 60s, 70s, hard to believe. john mccain did well among them so he's representing tonight. >> it's true, he's become the senior spokesman. the former bad boy of the democratic party and according to some has now become clearly a senior spokesman. and those voters that he did win when they were younger, he's going to have to appeal to them tonight and a very important appeal because as you say, the older voters are the people that obama is having
bill clinton needs to be loved but also to be needed. boy, does president obama need bill clinton to make a very strong case. >> jake, i want to point out the fund-raising, the first line, don't take anything for granted. don't think you can wait until the debate. we have to point out to everybody, october 3rd. again, we are so close to these debates. >> the fund-raiser is so important, it is a divisive advantage over the campaign. now, we're seeing the video introducing president...
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. >>> please welcome president bill clinton. >> bill clinton's speech at the democratic national convention let the world know what it's known for a long time he's the most popular figure in america. >> as another president once said, there they go again. >> but clinton's impact is not just here in america but it's global. >> i love my life now. it's just fun. >> he's taken whatever capital he had as an ex-president and has put it trying to do real good in the world. >> bill clinton is a new kind of world leader. >> he's the single most extraordinary competent politician i've ever met. >> grandly ambitious planetary in scale. >> i want to keep being very active in the things i cared about as president where i can still have an influence. >> when he lands in a foreign country, people go wild. he's such a great ambassador for the united states of america today. >> his one phrase that people have said and that's he's president to the world. >>> 62 heads of state. hundreds of corporate leaders. multinational types. movie stars. an unparalleled collection of the powerful and celebrated gather to
. >>> please welcome president bill clinton. >> bill clinton's speech at the democratic national convention let the world know what it's known for a long time he's the most popular figure in america. >> as another president once said, there they go again. >> but clinton's impact is not just here in america but it's global. >> i love my life now. it's just fun. >> he's taken whatever capital he had as an ex-president and has put it trying to do real good in...
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but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the first thing he says we're going to do. to reduce the debt we'll have another $5 trillion in tax cuts. heavily weighted to upper income people. so we'll make the debt hole bigger before we start to get out of it. now, when you say what are you going to do about this $5 trillion, you just added on, they say we'll make it up, by eliminating loopholes in the tax code. so then you ask, well, which loopholes and how much? you know what they say? see me about that after the election. now people ask me all the time, how we got four surplus budgets in a row? what new ideas did we bring to washington. i always give a on
but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the...
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give us some bill. bill clinton. >> bill clinton? >> yeah. tonight, give us a preview. >> i can hardly hear you. >> give us a preview of tonight. >> of what he would do? >> he would say there's nothing wrong with america. it cannot be fixed by what is right with america. i swear to god. >> and i'm curious as to whether donald trump is watching this at home. do you think? do you think? >> trump, he's dying to be here. >> yeah. >> what is it about trump and the hair? have you figured it out? >> i don't know. we used to call it the onion loaf. and it didn't seem to bother him at all. >> the onion loaf? >> yeah. like my hair is an onion loaf. it's the onion loaf. >> do you say huge the way he says it. >> huge! >> one more time. huge. >> huge! >> okay. that's enough. daryl hammond is coming back at midnight. we're going to be here having fun after everything. you'll do bill clinton tonight after bill clinton. eugene robinson, good sport. >>> ahead we'll look at bill clinton taking the stage and what it could be for this convention. you're watching
give us some bill. bill clinton. >> bill clinton? >> yeah. tonight, give us a preview. >> i can hardly hear you. >> give us a preview of tonight. >> of what he would do? >> he would say there's nothing wrong with america. it cannot be fixed by what is right with america. i swear to god. >> and i'm curious as to whether donald trump is watching this at home. do you think? do you think? >> trump, he's dying to be here. >> yeah. >> what...
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bill clinton is still alive and bill clinton is a surrogate for barack obama. what are you guys doing? that said, i think john raises a really good point, patty. we played tape of the president earlier this week. he was asked to grade himself. he said, incomplete. here you have a man who brought america to the thickets of the swamp of policy seamlessly, seemingly effortlessly. the question is, what does the obama administration need to or what does the campaign need to do? what lessons cant they learn frm bill clinton last night? >> i mean, to an extent bill clinton also said the record is incomplete. he just made a very strong case for keeping the incumbent in office in order to complete what has already been started. he said something that the white house has not been able to do, that nobody, he included himself, not even i, bill clinton, which is a big admission for bill clinton, could have fixed the economy in the space of four years but obama has moved it in the right direction. speaking to democrats here over the past couple of days, i think what bill cli
bill clinton is still alive and bill clinton is a surrogate for barack obama. what are you guys doing? that said, i think john raises a really good point, patty. we played tape of the president earlier this week. he was asked to grade himself. he said, incomplete. here you have a man who brought america to the thickets of the swamp of policy seamlessly, seemingly effortlessly. the question is, what does the obama administration need to or what does the campaign need to do? what lessons cant...
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bill clinton talked about that last night. let's listen. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president re-election was actually pretty simple. pretty snappy. it went something like this. we left him a total mess, he hasn't cleaned it up fast enough so fire him and put us back in. >> now, you were a key player in the 1996 reelect of bill clinton. barack obama approach this is convention like you did, an incumbent. what does he need to do tonight? what does he need to say to the american people? >> i think building on this platform that president clinton has provided if you will as the great explainer of what has happened for the last four years and providing that narrative, now president obama needs to do in my view exactly what president clinton did in 1996. you go back and look at his acceptance speech which i did work on. it is like a second state of the union address for the country. he is talking about the agenda, what he is going to do in his second term, and i think that now if you think about this as a narr
bill clinton talked about that last night. let's listen. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president re-election was actually pretty simple. pretty snappy. it went something like this. we left him a total mess, he hasn't cleaned it up fast enough so fire him and put us back in. >> now, you were a key player in the 1996 reelect of bill clinton. barack obama approach this is convention like you did, an incumbent. what does he need to do tonight? what does he need to say...
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>> of course from bill clinton's perspective, it's always about bill clinton. i think that goes without saying. in this case, their priorities are perfectly aligned here. they both -- each one needs the other as much and a victory for obama works in both of their interests. that's why this whole idea of drying -- trying to drive a wedge between the two of them by republicans backfirefires on the welfare argument and taxes argument and economy argument. i think they've basically just heated up. will clinton outshine obama? of course. he's a super nova. he'll outshine him tonight. but the glow is going to benefit obama on election day. >> there's all this talk they don't like each other they don't get along. isn't politics about self-interest and what you want to do in terms of making your mark on history? >> well, yes. i think dana put it well. politics is about finding where your self-interests overlap. the vin diagram. the romney campaign isn't certain how that works. in this case it's almost a perfect circle from what obama wants and clinton wants. it's a per
>> of course from bill clinton's perspective, it's always about bill clinton. i think that goes without saying. in this case, their priorities are perfectly aligned here. they both -- each one needs the other as much and a victory for obama works in both of their interests. that's why this whole idea of drying -- trying to drive a wedge between the two of them by republicans backfirefires on the welfare argument and taxes argument and economy argument. i think they've basically just...
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bill clinton last night. but when he talked about i disagreed with the republicans but i don't hate them. there's so much hate coming out from the other side. i think that turns off independent voters more than anything. they know we disagree. they expect us to find some common ground. >> you think the hate turns them off? >> the hate does, and the carpet bombs with negative ads. people just say finally, enough. i remember when jon corzine told me after he was first elected to the senate, he spent $65 million to get there. and he said, if that campaign had gone on for two more weeks, i would have lost. overwhelmed his opponent, but people reached the point where they said, we're sick of it. there is just too much of it. you've overdone it. >> what does president obama have to do tonight? in a way, tough act to follow. >> there will be a lot of love in that arena for the president tonight. michelle set it up. bill clinton explained it. this president is going to deliver it. >> you're going to have to do someth
bill clinton last night. but when he talked about i disagreed with the republicans but i don't hate them. there's so much hate coming out from the other side. i think that turns off independent voters more than anything. they know we disagree. they expect us to find some common ground. >> you think the hate turns them off? >> the hate does, and the carpet bombs with negative ads. people just say finally, enough. i remember when jon corzine told me after he was first elected to the...
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bill clinton just put on a clinic. he explained complicated policy in ways the ordinary guy, the ordinary woman could understand and he explained, i think, some of the issues people have been concerned about. jobs, where are we on jobs? he explained how we got here and he explained what president obama has done and he explained why it would have been impossible. he said even he couldn't do it. to fix eight years of rot in four years. i thought that was critical. >> by the way, sebelius was even out last night. he has said they're not under the hat check. they can come out and campaign. do you have any sense they're going to follow one heavyweights, principals like the first lady? >> i think so, chris. the key to this is bill clinton as governor and as a rising politician learned how to explain, defend, and extol the role of government in american life in a conservative era. he did it. he was the guy rising up. >> out of arkansas. rising up against the reagan tie. how to explain it to the guys in the gas station. and mo
bill clinton just put on a clinic. he explained complicated policy in ways the ordinary guy, the ordinary woman could understand and he explained, i think, some of the issues people have been concerned about. jobs, where are we on jobs? he explained how we got here and he explained what president obama has done and he explained why it would have been impossible. he said even he couldn't do it. to fix eight years of rot in four years. i thought that was critical. >> by the way, sebelius...
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you think about bill clinton and al gore. al gore was able to turn around and win the democratic nomination in 2000. what's interesting here is joe biden is making it very clear now that he's interested in being in the mix for 2016. the placement of this speech tonight, i think, is very telling about the challenges he faces there. the modern traditionist for the president to go one night and the presidential candidate to go the other night. last night it was supposed to be joe biden's night. instead, it was president clinton's night. one of the effects of bill clinton's speech, you saw how there's this clinton renaissance going on. it's really setting up hillary clinton as a front runner like we've never seen before. so i'm really interested to see how he plays this speech tonight. this is a guy who obviously wants obama to get re-elected but also wants to be in the mix for 2016. >> and i think joe biden will clearly make the sort of every-man pitch that you're all talking about. willie, let's go back to bill clinton. i think
you think about bill clinton and al gore. al gore was able to turn around and win the democratic nomination in 2000. what's interesting here is joe biden is making it very clear now that he's interested in being in the mix for 2016. the placement of this speech tonight, i think, is very telling about the challenges he faces there. the modern traditionist for the president to go one night and the presidential candidate to go the other night. last night it was supposed to be joe biden's night....
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bill clinton did. clinton will say something to the effect that the republicans created a huge mess and now they are saying, hey, barack obama, you didn't clean it up fast enough. you have to put us back in charge. that's the essence of what president clinton will say. to put it in context the t, president clinton, without a single republican vote in 1993 got passed the balance budget economic plan. it was only until 1997 that the republicans then in control of congress had their stuff come into effect. that's indisputable. so what you will see today is president clinton saying, look. when president obama says i'm willing to cut government spending if we also have some revenues offset at a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio that's compromise. clinton will reframe it. >> look what obama is doing. obama is gutting welfare, the work requirements. the republicans came in in 1994. that's when the stock market started to rally. >> that's right. >> you saw it completely changed bill clinton. >> larry. >> i want to ask steve m
bill clinton did. clinton will say something to the effect that the republicans created a huge mess and now they are saying, hey, barack obama, you didn't clean it up fast enough. you have to put us back in charge. that's the essence of what president clinton will say. to put it in context the t, president clinton, without a single republican vote in 1993 got passed the balance budget economic plan. it was only until 1997 that the republicans then in control of congress had their stuff come...
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classic bill clinton. go with the flow, ad lib. i mean, the teleprompter froze at one point, he carried on. >> it was ad libbed, but also deeply considered. clinton put his finger on the h-bomb of this election, and that is the issue of nursing homes. the ryan/romney plan proposes to hold harmless people who are seniors or over 55 from any cuts to medicare. seniors vote in enormous numbers. it might seem like they have nothing to worry about. but the ryan/romney plan proposes to make big cuts in medicaid, that is the program that increasingly pays for more and more of nursing home care. by talking about nursing homes, clinton put the senior vote back in contention. by reminding them of their fears. people congratulate bill clinton too much for this speech. it's important to remember, that the reason it was powerful was because of the strategic decision by republicans to endorse the ryan plan. they didn't have to do that. and some of us have been pleading with them for a year, do not do this, do not commit this election. do not make
classic bill clinton. go with the flow, ad lib. i mean, the teleprompter froze at one point, he carried on. >> it was ad libbed, but also deeply considered. clinton put his finger on the h-bomb of this election, and that is the issue of nursing homes. the ryan/romney plan proposes to hold harmless people who are seniors or over 55 from any cuts to medicare. seniors vote in enormous numbers. it might seem like they have nothing to worry about. but the ryan/romney plan proposes to make big...
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much of bill clinton. we love him, we work for him and we got him elected, first at governor and did so much. and you know how that turned out. so there is no question that he can provide support to president obama for a second term and that's what we're here for. >> mr. tommy roebuck, thank you to speak with you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the entire arkansas delegation very excited to hear from the former president tonight. let's send it right back to you, wolf. >> not just in arkansas. all across this huge arena here. thank you very much, soledad. one prominent democrat, nowhere to be seen right here in charlotte. we're talking about hillary clinton. traveling in asia, keeping up a longstanding tradition of secretaries of state being above partisan politics, but our own jessica yellin had a chance to interview her for her excellent documentary "obama revealed." she is in this unique position, work senators president, but married to a former president. >> that's right. as she said, a once in a lifetim
much of bill clinton. we love him, we work for him and we got him elected, first at governor and did so much. and you know how that turned out. so there is no question that he can provide support to president obama for a second term and that's what we're here for. >> mr. tommy roebuck, thank you to speak with you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the entire arkansas delegation very excited to hear from the former president tonight. let's send it right back to you, wolf. >>...
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do people, do politicians like bill clinton, who -- i mean, not only thanked republicans like eisenhower and reagan and bush sr. for their contributions to welfare reform and education and civil rights. i mean, he also thanked w. of all people. do politicians like that still exist? i mean, he seems so an ak ro nisic. not just at this dnc, but this decade of political polarization. >> well, actually, having covered bill clinton almost as long as i've been in journalism, i know that that's sort of true, but it's also a rhetorical device on his part. he's praising the history of modern -- of moderate republicanism. examples were even george w. was somebody he could work with. in order to try to paint the current leadership of the republican party as a bunch of radical extremists. but rather than name call, rather than say they're radical extremists, it's more the kind of in sorrow than in anger approach that bill clinton is a master of because by praising those moderate figures, he can kind of run the others off into the rails. that's what he was trying to do in that speech last night, and
do people, do politicians like bill clinton, who -- i mean, not only thanked republicans like eisenhower and reagan and bush sr. for their contributions to welfare reform and education and civil rights. i mean, he also thanked w. of all people. do politicians like that still exist? i mean, he seems so an ak ro nisic. not just at this dnc, but this decade of political polarization. >> well, actually, having covered bill clinton almost as long as i've been in journalism, i know that that's...
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bill clinton did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> bill clinton worked with republicans. how do we put this? we don't recall republicans speaking so fondly of bill clinton when he was president. if i recall correctly they impeached him but i suppose that was when ryan was in his 20s. i don't know. >> it's fascinating his analysis of why bill clinton's an acceptable democrat and barack obama isn't given that clinton -- >> why is that? >> they want to build up bill clinton so they can attack obama and say clinton was a good president. you're not. that's why we need to take over from you. it's more complicated than that. when i push paul ryan today, i asked him everyone is saying are the american people better off after four years of barack obama than they were under george bush. i rephrased that question. were the american people better off after eight years of bush than bill clinton and they weren't. he almost admits. he said things were successful but he says a lot of that was down to the bipartisan style he had. he worked with republicans to get
bill clinton did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> bill clinton worked with republicans. how do we put this? we don't recall republicans speaking so fondly of bill clinton when he was president. if i recall correctly they impeached him but i suppose that was when ryan was in his 20s. i don't know. >> it's fascinating his analysis of why bill clinton's an acceptable democrat and barack obama isn't given that clinton -- >> why is that?...
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it was classic bill clinton. charm them, cajole them, but most of all, most analysts say, bill clinton got it down. that is persuade undecided voters to re-elect president obama. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president re-election was actually pretty simple. pretty snappy. it went something like this. we left him a total mess. he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in. >> many analysts think president clinton made the case for president obama better and more clearly than mr. obama has, for example, that question, are you better off today? president clinton said, heck, yeah. >> when president barack obama took office, the economy was in freefall. it had just shrunk nine full percent of gdp. we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. are we doing better than that today? the answer is yes. >> cnn contributor and republican alex castalano said, shut the back door. clinton probably just got obama re-elected. never mind the two men aren't exactly friends. hillary, anyone? but last
it was classic bill clinton. charm them, cajole them, but most of all, most analysts say, bill clinton got it down. that is persuade undecided voters to re-elect president obama. >> in tampa, the republican argument against the president re-election was actually pretty simple. pretty snappy. it went something like this. we left him a total mess. he hadn't cleaned it up fast enough, so fire him and put us back in. >> many analysts think president clinton made the case for president...
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clinton has become the rock star and tonight is going to be bill clinton night. >> in recent gallup polls president clinton had a 60 percent approval rating and president obama has a 53 percent approval rating. >> they probably won't mention that part. >> they are bringing out the right person at the right time. >> norah o'donnell with cbs this morning is down there on the convention floor. nora. >> scott, we are going to see former president bill clinton call barack obama a champion of the middle class. that has been part of the theme of this election and as bob just mentioned it is an effort to court working class voters we have seen polls that show mitt romney is ahead of barack obama by about 13, 14 points among those types of voters and those voters are particularly important in states like ohio, a key battle ground state, and so i think what you will see is bill clinton, of course, the guy who is known as the man from hope is going to ask voters to once again trust the guy who promised hope and change in the last election. advisors to bill clinton told me today that he is goin
clinton has become the rock star and tonight is going to be bill clinton night. >> in recent gallup polls president clinton had a 60 percent approval rating and president obama has a 53 percent approval rating. >> they probably won't mention that part. >> they are bringing out the right person at the right time. >> norah o'donnell with cbs this morning is down there on the convention floor. nora. >> scott, we are going to see former president bill clinton call...
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that is the target for bill clinton tonight. there is one thing that is not in doubt, and that is that this audience is going to love hearing for the former president. you are expecting are rousing acceptance. >> we will have more coverage on the day barack obama speaks. colonel gaddafi's former spy chief is on trial tonight, facing charges of crimes against humanity. one of the most feared members of the regime was arrested in march. he has been accused of ordering the murder of political opponents and has been linked to the lockerbie bombing the reagan the lockerbie bombing. waxman -- has been linked to the lockerbie bombing. >> they are chanting for justice and revenge. the libyan prime minister called him the right arm of old regime. the army chief of staff sent the prisoner was confident he would have a fair trial. libya can still be chaotic. in the violence before just a year ago, he slipped away. , nowd the colonel's son also in custody, awaiting trial. in 2009, states welcomed by the convicted lockerbie bomber when he wa
that is the target for bill clinton tonight. there is one thing that is not in doubt, and that is that this audience is going to love hearing for the former president. you are expecting are rousing acceptance. >> we will have more coverage on the day barack obama speaks. colonel gaddafi's former spy chief is on trial tonight, facing charges of crimes against humanity. one of the most feared members of the regime was arrested in march. he has been accused of ordering the murder of...
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clinton. >> new hampshire and bill clinton were stadium number one in the primary. there's always been this bond. what do you think bill clinton can do for barack obama that would -- would be sitting there going, boy, if somehow clinton wasn't speaking you would think, something's missing, what would be missinging? >> i think he will continue to make the contrast case teen the difference barack obama will make for the future of this country and what we would see from mitt romney and paul ryan and i think he will identify with middle america. that's what he does so well, he empathized with families who are struggling, with people who are trying to put their kids through college, people who are hoping to have a secure retirement, people who lost their jobs and may be trying to find another job, and he can make the case for them about why barack obama is going to be so much better to continue to deal with our concerns. >> interestingly enough. mitt romney mentions bill clinton in a positive light on the campaign frail. here's an example. >> president obama tucked away
clinton. >> new hampshire and bill clinton were stadium number one in the primary. there's always been this bond. what do you think bill clinton can do for barack obama that would -- would be sitting there going, boy, if somehow clinton wasn't speaking you would think, something's missing, what would be missinging? >> i think he will continue to make the contrast case teen the difference barack obama will make for the future of this country and what we would see from mitt romney and...
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classic bill clinton. go with the flow, ad lib. i mean, the teleprompter froze at one point, he carried on. >> it was ad libbed, but also deeply considered. clinton put his finger on the h-bomb of this election, and that is the issue of nursing homes. the ryan/romney plan proposes to hold harmless people who are seniors or over 55 from any cuts to medicare. seniors vote in enormous numbers. it might seem like they have nothing to worry about. but the ryan/romney plan proposes to make big cuts in medicaid, that is the program that increasingly pays for more and more of nursing home care. by talking about nursing homes, clinton put the senior vote back in contention. by reminding them of their fears. before people congratulate bill clinton too much for this speech and it was a good speech. it's important to remember, that the reason it was powerful was because of the strategic decision by republicans to endorse the ryan plan. they didn't have to do that. and some of us have been pleading with them for a year, do not do this, do not c
classic bill clinton. go with the flow, ad lib. i mean, the teleprompter froze at one point, he carried on. >> it was ad libbed, but also deeply considered. clinton put his finger on the h-bomb of this election, and that is the issue of nursing homes. the ryan/romney plan proposes to hold harmless people who are seniors or over 55 from any cuts to medicare. seniors vote in enormous numbers. it might seem like they have nothing to worry about. but the ryan/romney plan proposes to make big...
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but bill clinton said, he appointed my wife. >> ifill: what's fascinating, watching bill clinton back in his game is always worth watching. >> woodruff: now already hearing, seeing speculation how tough it's going to be for president obama to talk. >> i would say, two big features, michelle, clinton better than anything the republicans offer. >> ifill: we'll be back tomorrow night we'll follow next of this which is president barack obama. this ends our coverage of this second night of the democratic national convention. it is charlotte, north carolina, the convention has begun now the roll call of the states. we're going to leave you but you can watch the entire proceeding on our live stream. i'm gwenn ifill. >> woodruff: i'm judy woodruff. good night. >> susie: i'm susie gharib with an "n.b.r." news brief. more worries about the global economy. the trigger this time came from fedex. the giant shipper issued a profit warning for the current quarter overnight, saying weakness in the global economy is reducing international shipments. that gloomy fedex forecast weighed on investors who
but bill clinton said, he appointed my wife. >> ifill: what's fascinating, watching bill clinton back in his game is always worth watching. >> woodruff: now already hearing, seeing speculation how tough it's going to be for president obama to talk. >> i would say, two big features, michelle, clinton better than anything the republicans offer. >> ifill: we'll be back tomorrow night we'll follow next of this which is president barack obama. this ends our coverage of this...
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>> well, president obama has to build up on what bill clinton had to say and what bill clinton had to say. bill clinton hit a home run, michelle obama hit a home run. now it's barack obama to carry it forward. he can't get by with a ground ruled double tonight. he these hit a home run. i mean, they've set a bar that is that high. i mean, there have been two exceptional nights, michelle obama and bill clinton. and while david and i were quite admiring of governor christie in tampa, there was nobody at the republican event that established anything to the same standard, i think, that barack obama needs to do. >> ifill: the republican campaign officials told me that the first night with michelle obama was supposed to be about heart and values and the second night was the prosecution and what's tonight supposed to be about with the president? >> i hope it's about the future. it better be. as you say, we know about what's in him, we saw the argument against the republicans, i went back and read the speech this morning and when i was looking for what the future was going to be, there was no
>> well, president obama has to build up on what bill clinton had to say and what bill clinton had to say. bill clinton hit a home run, michelle obama hit a home run. now it's barack obama to carry it forward. he can't get by with a ground ruled double tonight. he these hit a home run. i mean, they've set a bar that is that high. i mean, there have been two exceptional nights, michelle obama and bill clinton. and while david and i were quite admiring of governor christie in tampa, there...
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elizabeth warren and former president bill clinton. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumbler page for behind the scenes pictures at "news nation."com. that's an interesting scene today behind the scenes. you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. alright, yand... flip!in? whoa! did you get that? yep, look at this. it takes like 20 pictures at a time. i never miss anything. isn't that awesome? uh that's really cool. you should upload these. i know, right? that is really amazing. pictures are so clear. kevin's a handsome devil. that phone does everything! search dog tricks. okay, see if we can teach him something cool. look at how lazy kevin is. kevin, get it together dude. cmon, kevin. vo: take 20 pictures with burst shot on the galaxy s3. dnnks hi i hamybdomen..itwo tht icovn
elizabeth warren and former president bill clinton. be sure to check out our "news nation" tumbler page for behind the scenes pictures at "news nation."com. that's an interesting scene today behind the scenes. you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends...
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>> beat bill clinton. and relegate the energy to bill clinton. remind people a taste of what 2008 was all about. >> he needs to just sort of be okay. and... >> okay? >> and if they stopped tonight it would probably be better. >> and this is interesting theater. i don't think it matters. and i'm fixated on undecided. were are they sth. >> we don't know. we'll know after the debate. >> does that mean there are many undecides? >> only 6. >> greta: panel, thank you for being with us and staying up late for us. we'll be back live at our special time, 11:30 to 1:00 a.m. go to greta wire.com get your coffee ready for tomorrow night. good night from charlotte, north carolina go to greta wire.com. ♪ forz(power!) andiamo! andiamo! (let's go! let's go!) avanti! avanti! (keep going! keep going!) hahaha...hahahaha! you know ronny, folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? happier than christopher columbus with speedboats. that's happy! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen p
>> beat bill clinton. and relegate the energy to bill clinton. remind people a taste of what 2008 was all about. >> he needs to just sort of be okay. and... >> okay? >> and if they stopped tonight it would probably be better. >> and this is interesting theater. i don't think it matters. and i'm fixated on undecided. were are they sth. >> we don't know. we'll know after the debate. >> does that mean there are many undecides? >> only 6. >>...
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that's pure bill clinton. is it fair in your judgment to the argument made by the the republicans and mitt romney that they want a society which is winner take all rather than shared prosperity and shared responsibility because one of the arguments that came out of that convention was a sense ever community? >> i think if you look at the policies that the romney-ryan ticket has supported, it is. >> winner take all? >> a policy that doesn't leave a lot for people on their way up. it's very hard on students starting in preschool and elementary school going to college. where is the support that all of us got when we were getting our chance? we're going to deny that to the next generation? it's not fair to senior citizens, medicare into a voucher program. that's not the right thing. we go back to where we were in 1964. >> that's not 4 currency years. >> the idea that there's this magic line when before people can't afford it, the day after they can afford it, i don't buy that. i don't think somebody who is a day y
that's pure bill clinton. is it fair in your judgment to the argument made by the the republicans and mitt romney that they want a society which is winner take all rather than shared prosperity and shared responsibility because one of the arguments that came out of that convention was a sense ever community? >> i think if you look at the policies that the romney-ryan ticket has supported, it is. >> winner take all? >> a policy that doesn't leave a lot for people on their way...
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bill clinton's loving it. every single minute of it for 48 minutes. it was everything you expect of clinton. it had all the passion. he certainly was eloquent in taking apart republicans. he was at times self indulgent and at times went on and on and on. it's what we come to know as bill clinton. >> what a lot of people said last night and say again this morning that bill clinton articulated in a way that obama campaign itself has not articulated the case for president obama and against mitt romney. do you agree with that? it sounds a little patronizing. like president obama needs bill clinton to take care of him on that. >> i do agree it with. it makes you wonder, the two men talk more often than most people thing and bill clinton loves to give strategic advice. it's surprising he has all got arguments in his head yet you don't hear any of them from president obama or the top surrogates. there is a lot democrats can learn from this speech. i will say as a note of caution, there is a pretty big disconnect between the speech that bill clinton gave and
bill clinton's loving it. every single minute of it for 48 minutes. it was everything you expect of clinton. it had all the passion. he certainly was eloquent in taking apart republicans. he was at times self indulgent and at times went on and on and on. it's what we come to know as bill clinton. >> what a lot of people said last night and say again this morning that bill clinton articulated in a way that obama campaign itself has not articulated the case for president obama and against...
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secondly bill clinton. jon: how didn't it escape his notice if they weren't in there in the first place is what i'm trying to say. >> i understand that, busy people, and the president of the united states is a busy person don't always have a hundred percent to detail in every way, and clearly he did intervene. i have to point out that elizabeth warren certainly talked about the god factor, certainly talked about the words in the new testament yesterday, she is a senate candidate from massachusetts. i don't think god was so absent. >> well once again on that issue, even if you concede that the president is too busy to read the platform, fair enough, where is the campaign staff? again if this had been a republican convention they would be endorsing todd akin or something that the mainstream media hated they would be interviewing the campaign manager and strategist and everybody associated with the whip operation. they'd be grilling mayor antonio villaraigosa saying did you really think this asking him the sam
secondly bill clinton. jon: how didn't it escape his notice if they weren't in there in the first place is what i'm trying to say. >> i understand that, busy people, and the president of the united states is a busy person don't always have a hundred percent to detail in every way, and clearly he did intervene. i have to point out that elizabeth warren certainly talked about the god factor, certainly talked about the words in the new testament yesterday, she is a senate candidate from...
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bill clinton, i think -- i haven't always been a big fan of bill clinton issues but i think he will be great tonight. he will take this issue on and he will take on the welfare issue they tried to raise in the last few weeks. the -- republicans and he will knock it out of the park. and i don't think you will hear mitt romney or paul ryan mick a single reference to bill clinton after tonight, up until election day. >> we have been watching live pictures of gabby douglas who will be giving the pledge of allegiance this evening. there is a wide shot of the stage. she was just given a walk-through. joan, if i might come to you, i want to read the last line from your most recent article. and you say this. if anyone should be nervous about clinton's unvetted speech, it is mitt romney. what do you mean, joan? >> well, you know, martin, at this convention, there's so little tension. there's so much excitement that i really think a lot of our colleagues are inventing a form of tension and making their there be a big story line in the last couple of days. the obama team is really nervous about t
bill clinton, i think -- i haven't always been a big fan of bill clinton issues but i think he will be great tonight. he will take this issue on and he will take on the welfare issue they tried to raise in the last few weeks. the -- republicans and he will knock it out of the park. and i don't think you will hear mitt romney or paul ryan mick a single reference to bill clinton after tonight, up until election day. >> we have been watching live pictures of gabby douglas who will be giving...
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but bill clinton is one of a kind. we all know that. >> sean: what did you say to me on the break when i asked that? >> i said that -- [laughter] >> truthful, he doll a great job, telling people why barack obama shares his values, his positions-- >>> the era of big government. >> passed national health care. >> sean, there is a way that obama can acknowledge that the last fowrz years, he did provide the hope and the change. >> sean: they have been incoherent as a campaign. >> [overlapping dialogue] ! >> simile said, had it comes to this, he thinks that in fact, we are having to dig out a deep hole that was so deep four years ago. but you know what? everybody says -- we are absolutely -- go back to standard economic measures, mr. hannity. [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: it is not just are you better off -- is america better off, as a country? we are more divided. we are more angry -- you can see it here. >> we are not angry. >> oh, come on! [overlapping dialogue] >> i am not angry at all. >> you are yelling now! >> betw
but bill clinton is one of a kind. we all know that. >> sean: what did you say to me on the break when i asked that? >> i said that -- [laughter] >> truthful, he doll a great job, telling people why barack obama shares his values, his positions-- >>> the era of big government. >> passed national health care. >> sean, there is a way that obama can acknowledge that the last fowrz years, he did provide the hope and the change. >> sean: they have been...